Project "EDUBUZZER"

Abstract

Goals / Features

could be used for statistics on participation, and which kids need more integration based on statistics

VOTES/SURVEYS

enable to vote on a topic without raising your hand in front of the class which ultimately leads to a more honest voting behaviour

enables vote mechanisms that are hard to do with paper like multiple choices and ratings on preffered solutions as in "id like option A but if we dont get enough voted for that option B would be my second favourite.."

GROUPWORK / GROUPGAMES

teams of pupils can be chosen by a random generator this would take the social stress off the teacher as in "i dont want to be in a group with this guy.." "..the computer has chosen ist fair"

games would be possible where groups compete and if a group performs better it has to let a member go into another group

also the opposite is possible where the best performing group gets new members..

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE MODE

if a pupil doesnt know the answer he could "ask the audience" and the kids could press what they think is the right answer..

MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS

this will probably not be in version 0.1 as it needs a lot of work that is unrealistic to be implemented with the very short deadline of 2 months

teacher should be able to have a live on-stage test where the kids can answer questions with multiple choice pushbutton modes

multiple choice tests are not very common in europe so we need to spend research on this subject

GAMES

maybe something like the werewolf game

the remote choses who is the wolf and the others have to find out who it is by talking to each other on a round based system

Hardware

EDUBUZZER:

ATMEGA168

Radiochip

Idea: For prototyping, it might be better to use a ZigBee (e.g. XBee) -> more robust comms, easier firmware, standard compontents. More expensive per device (>40€ per student, probably too much for an average school), but this is just prototyping.

Alternative: RFM12, 3-6€ per device, no adhoc-network, probably problems with two devices sending at the same time.